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Life-Saving Surfboat Helps Bring History to Life at Cape Lookout National Seashore

More that a century ago, mariners who found themselves in trouble along U.S. coasts often owed their lives to members of the U. S. Life Saving Service and their oar-powered surfboats. A replica of one of those historic surfboats now helps bring that history to life at the Portsmouth Life Saving Station at Cape at Lookout National Seashore.

Cape Lookout National Seashore To Close in Advance of Hurricane Earl, Cape Hatteras National Seashore Shuttering, Too

With Hurricane Earl taking aim at the North Carolina coastline -- and points north -- officials at Cape Lookout National Seashore have ordered an evacuation of the seashore, while a bit farther north Cape Hatteras National Seashore officials are closing visitor centers and campgrounds.

Don't Collect This Shell – Unexploded WWII Bomb Turns Up at Cape Lookout National Seashore

Searching beaches for interesting shells is a favorite pastime in many coastal areas, but everyone can be thankful a visitor used good judgment and decided not to haul away an unusual kind of shell he spotted at Cape Lookout National Seashore. It turned out to be an unexploded WWII bomb.

The Essential RVing Guide

The Essential RVing Guide to the National Parks

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